It’s the time of the year for everyone to get sick but there’s a unique problem this time.
A lot of us didn’t pay much attention to CDC stats and case counts until the great ‘vid of 2020 and now, the idea of a widespread illness isn’t unrealistically far off our radars.
Numbers are rolling in from disease cases over 2024 and Illinois is one state that’s part of an increasing, ongoing outbreak: whooping cough. Which can get super painful.
The Stats
Illinois reports over 1,900 confirmed whooping cough cases, the most being in October with 408 cases in the month alone. The year’s total so far, according to preliminary data, is the highest number of whooping cough cases in the state since 2012. At a Chicago high school, multiple cases were reported within one week earlier this month…